Improvement in gate-latches



C. S. CURRIE.

GATE-LATCH.

Patented Aug. 8, 1876.

PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES S. OURRIE, OF CALDWELL, OHIO.

lMPROVEMENT IN GATE-LATCHES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 180,754, dated August8, 1876; application filed July 24, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES S. GURRIE, ofOaldwel], Noble county, Stateof Ohio, have invented an Improved Gate-Latch, of which -the followingis a specification provide for the sagging of the gate. Fig. 2

is a perspective view of a gate with my latch attached, a portion of thegate being broken away to show its construction and arrangement. Fig. 3is a link which connects the latch to the lever, by which it is drawn inin opening. Fig. 4 is an elevation, showing the manner in which it isattached to the frame of the gate.

A is the frame of a gate; B, the post against which the gate swings inshutting. (J O O are palings of the gate and fence; E, the latch,pivoted in its support F at H, being pressed into a slot in the post ofthe fence by the spring S. The lever L in Fig. 2 is pivoted at P; butfor convenience in opening a carriage-way gate upon horseback, the levermay be pivoted at T, as represented in Fig. 6.

The gate is now opened as follows: Placing the hand upon the lever L,Fig. 2 or Fig. 6, and moving it to the right, the latch E is drawn inand the gate swung open. In closing the gate the latch is pressed in byits contact with the picket or post of the fence, the link D sliding onthe screw 01 without moving the lever L.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The horizontal latch E, bearing a loop at one end, to receive the linkD, and pivoted at the other end in the keeper F, and pressed by thespring S, in combination with the link D and lever L, whether the leverbe pivoted at the lower end, as in Fig. 2, or near the center, as inFig. 6, all of which are attached to the gate, substantially as setforth in the drawings and specification.

CHARLES S. OURRIE. Witnesses:

GEORGE GIBsoN, W. D. TRESLOTT.

